Analysis of LOVE, 'MADNESS OF THE GODS'
Elizabeth Njeri Waweru 1991 (Naivasha)
Why do you love her?
Why do you love him?
If reasons you found,
That's probably not love.
Love should not be dependent,
For we grow, we change, we transform,
Reasons may fade away,
Does that mean love also gets to fade away?
Love should mean independence,
Both souls are free to be their particular selves,
Authentic through the twists of life,
Without fear of erosion of love.
Love should mean union,
Souls and hearts in perfect harmony,
Living and feeling together in each one.
Yet free and wild in the safe net.
Love should be a bestowal of value,
Value originates in the lover,
They’re beautiful because you love them,
You don’t love them because they’re beautiful.
There's a reason love is, "The madness of the gods",
You experience a fall that scares your soul and knots your core,
And yet you cannot consciously bring yourself to stop the fall,
Because love is involuntary and constant, you have no power over it.
And as butterflies in your stomach jump through hoops of fire,
And ear-to-ear smiles as you see them through the lenses of love,
You give in to gravity because you cannot stop daydreaming,
And the daydreams are the new home and reality you crave.
Scheme | AXXB XXCC XXXB DXDX XAXX XXXX ABXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 11111 11011 110011 1111010 11111101 101101 11111011101 111010 111111101001 01010111 011101011 11110 101001100 10010010011 11010011 11101110 100100010 110001111 1111011100 101011010101 101000111110111 011101001011101 0111010001011110101 01100110111110 011111111101011 110110001110110 001101101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,179 |
Words | 240 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Well, is this kind of love possible?
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